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James Michael Becher

Impossible Journey, A Tale of Times and Truth

Synopsis

In the future, a group of scientists plan to time-travel to Eden to prevent the fall of man, and thus put an end to all evil and disease in the world. At first, they can only go back about 200 years at once. They visit the California Gold Rush and Colonial America. They are pulled forward unexpectedly to their future and forced to fight in a senseless war. They break free and take off, finding a stowaway with a device for traveling further back. Thus, they meet Leonardo Da Vinci and discuss humanism. But, by mistake, they take off without the stowaway and his device. The lever jams, bringing them to Martin Luther and an argument over faith. By adding alcohol to the fuel, they manage to arrive at Camelot and finally, ancient Jerusalem, where they at last realize the real answer—the true end and goal of their mission.
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NOTE: This book has recently been translated into both Spanish and German by the publisher. I don't have digital copies to put here but you can find the translations on the web.

Author Biography

I, was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on June 8, 1943 to a Christian family and accepted Jesus at an early age. In Jr. High School, I became interested in writing and drama. I wrote poems, articles and a few short stories, and plays. In college, I won second prize in a contest with a Biblical short story, which now forms part of my first novel, “Of Such Is The Kingdom, A novel of the Christ and the Roman Empire,” published in 2003.
In 2010, I wrote the sequel, “Of Such Is the Kingdom, Part III,
Power and Persecution, A Novel of the early Church and the Roman Empire.”
I also wrote a Sci-fi novel, “Impossible Journey, A Tale of Times and Truth” and a non-fiction book, “Principles of the Kingdom."
I graduated from Clearwater Christian College in 1970 with a B.A. degree in Bible-Literature, and from Biblical School of Theology in 1974 with a M. Div. Ordained in November, 1974, I served as assistant pastor/Bible teacher in several churches. I also served in a foreign-student ministry, where I met my wife, Berenice Carett from Venezuela.
In 2014 I wrote an American historical novel, called "The Christmas Victory."

Author Insight

Ooops!

As promised-- the next part of Chapter 8 ("Humanism and Hope") of my purposeful Sci-fi (time travel) novel. It become clear that the reason for Alex, the stowaway, not joining them to repair the ship is so that I could have them take off without him and his device. Are you disappointed? With the device, they might have been able to complete their mission fairly quickly. But, remember the title of the novel is "Impossible Journey." I had them leave him behind so that they would NOT cover a lot of ground in the next few legs of their journey. I have a few other important time periods in mind for them to visit. Stay tuned or buy the book.

Book Excerpt

Impossible Journey, A Tale of Times and Truth

The sculptor’s voice trails off behind the three as they walk briskly toward the ship.

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They manage to replace the missing tiles and fix the other minor damage quickly, including the spring of the indicator. Meanwhile, since there doesn’t seem to be any sign of water around, Daniel fills the fuel tank with the rest of the bottle of liquid fuel.

"O.K., guys, ready!"

"Walt, open the window, and tell Alex we're ready."

Walt starts to open the window. As he does so, his arm inadvertently hits the lever. Suddenly, the cylinder is airborne.

"What happened?"

"My arm hit the dern lever!"

They can hear the cries of Alex below, as the cylinder hovers above the square: "Hey! Wait for me!"

Walt tries to move the lever in order to bring the cylinder down. "It’s stuck!"

Daniel and Kerry try to help, but to no avail. Soon the cylinder is on its way again.